Hip Hop Books
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Bust A Move
From the jiving 1950s to the hip hopping 90s, the disco funky 70s to the booty shaking noughties, Bust A Move is your essential guide to dance crazes through the ages.
Rigby Star Guided Phonic Opportunity Readers Pink: Hip Hop (6 Pack)
A cat chases a mouse, but the mouse is very clever and manages to get away. Illustrated by Christine Bretscheider Genre: Simple story. Learning Objectives: Word Recognition Strand 5: Read simple words by sounding out and...
Dizzee Rascal: Bonkers - The Story Of
Dylan Kwabena Mills, better known as Dizzee Rascal, has evolved from cutting-edge grime and UK hip hop pioneer into one of Britain's biggest pop stars. And he's done it without compromising one iota of his startlingly original vision and unique persona.In Bonkers Paul Lester traces Dizzee's development as the East London rapper, songwriter and record producer, of Ghanaian and Nigerian descent, forged a career, first as a pirate radio DJ aged 16, then as a member of grime collective the Roll Deep Crew, and finally as a solo artist. It also reveals how Dizzee's distinctive style - a hybrid of garage, rap, grime, ragga, dancehall and electronica - and skewed observations of low-rent city life helped him become, at 19, the youngest person ever to win the prestigious Mercury Music Prize in 2003 with his extraordinary debut album Boy In Da Corner. In this no-holds-barred account, read about Dizzee's stabbing in Ayia Napa, his gradual infiltration of the mainstream: rapping on Band Aid 20's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' in 2004, his three Number 1 singles with 'Dance Wiv Me', 'Bonkers' and 'Holiday', and unlikely appearance on BBC2's Newsnight where he was grilled about politics by Jeremy Paxman and joked that he could one day be Prime Minister. Stranger things have happened - and they're all in Bonkers: The Story of Dizzee Rascal. Paul Lester is the author of acclaimed biographies of post punk legends Gang Of Four and Wire, and pop superstar Pink, all published by Omnibus Press. He also contributes to The Guardian and The Sunday Times.
Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves for Guitar
The smooth jazz grooves in this 46 page book feature a variety of contemporary rhythm section styles including R&B, Jazz, Funk, Top 40, Rock, Gospel, Hip Hop and Latin. These stylistic influences are frequently associated with smooth jazz.On each of the 20 tracks, the groove is separated into 3 melodic ideas. Each melodic idea (example or riff) is played first, by the guitar with the groove, followed by just the rhythm section groove, without the guitar. The 1st example is usually the easiest, the 2nd slightly harder and the 3rd the most difficult. Customer Comments I have just been given your book as a christmas present - and I am so happy to have it! Your grooves are amazing! I feel like it is really inspriring. The book was bought from Musicroom in Brighton on Western Road. My favourites so far are track 1,2 and 4... I'm on the second riff so far and they are so good!! Thank you for making the book :)
Motion in Poetry
Motion In Poetry, the first book of poetry by a hip hop artist in Canada, was published by Women's Press in May 2002. Now, after much anticipation, Motion and Women's Press release her accompanying CD, Motion in Poetry: The Audio Xperience; chock...
Untitled Biography 2
Best known for being a member of the Camden-based hip hop group N-Dubz Tulisa is currently winning hearts and fans as a down-to-earth judge on the X Factor. But away from the present glamour the path to fame for her has been far from easy and for the first time using extensive research and interviews with those closest to the superstar the UK's leading celebrity biographer Sean Smith tells the story of the real Tulisa. Tulisa's story was tough from the start: when she was just five her mother was sectioned under the Mental Health Act and her father left home when she was nine years old. Tulisa was brought up on a council estate and endured tough and gritty teenage years: violence depression drug abuse alcohol abuse anorexia nervosa mental health issues financial difficulties and bullying. At thirteen she was suicidal and has revealed that she twice tried to kill herself as well as regularly self-harming. She left school without sitting any GCSE's.
Close to the Edge
The global politics of hip hop. Close to the Edge tells the stories of a global generation that came of age with hip hop. Part memoir, part social history, the book relates the author's experiences as she traverses the hop hop globe...
New York Ricans From The Hip Hop Zone (Ebook)
Discover R. Riveras ebook New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone (ebook) and other Music ebooks from R. Rivera .
Buena Vista in the Club
Details the trajectory of the Havana hip hop scene from the late 1980s to the present and analyzes its partial eclipse by reggaeton In Buena Vista in the Club, Geoffrey Baker traces the trajectory of the Havana hip hop scene from the late 1980s to...
Gotta Get Signed: How To Become A Hip-Hop Producer
Learn how the industry works, and how to tip the odds in your favour and get your beats heard. Multi-platinum producer Sahpreem King of Miami's South Beach club scene gives you his expert guide to the games of Hip Hop production, exposing the pitfalls and giving you a step-by-step approach to developing your profile and getting your unique sound out into the ears of your audience. You will learn...What a producer really doesHow to set up you lab and get the sounds from your head into the speakersWho to trust, and how to build your teamPromotion and marketingNetworkingMoney and accountingThe secrets of A&R - what they don't want you to knowGetting publishedWritten in King's own style of street language, this guide is hugely entertaining and packed with funny stories and facts rather than jargon. The book also features a generous industry-resource section, with the names and numbers you need to get ahead of the game.